This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/WMB.2ACE/4667.1.1.2.1 Message Board Post: Marg, M1 means first marriage,married for 38 years.Yes he was born Germany.His parent's were also born Germany.There is an obituary for him in the Post dispatch for 1/25/1918.Would have to go to the library and look up the obituary,to see exactly what it says.Censuses were taken every 10 years.You could contact the St. louis public library and ask for city directories prior to 1910.City directories are similar to our white pages. Michele